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Fordyce M. Keith (Jackson, Ohio, attorney and soldier.)

b. 1816? d. 1906-05-14

Jackson County, Ohio, attorney and soldier. New York, native. Married to Parthena J. Seeley Keith in Painesville, Ohio, on June 22, 1840. Father of Uriah Keith, Myron F. Keith, Bowman Keith, and Lamar C. Keith. Attorney in Stark County in 1850. Attorney in Jackson County in 1860. Reported member of the Republican Party in 1860. Served in the 117th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry (U.S.A.) as a major and lieutenant colonel from August 30, 1862 to August 1, 1863. Served in the 1st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Heavy Artillery (U.S.A.) as a lieutenant colonel from August 1, 1863 to July 25, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Ohio, Stark County, Perry, p. 473B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Ohio, Jackson County, Jackson, p. 177.

"F. M. Keith," M'Arthur Democrat (McArthur, Ohio), August 30, 1860, p. 2.

“Keith.” _Brown County World (Hiawatha, Kansas), May 18, 1906, p. 11.

Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, vol. 7, 1861-1866 (Cincinnati: The Ohio Valley Company), 259.

Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Lake County Marriages, Film #000974915, p. 2.

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Keith, Fordyce M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32209301 (November 12, 2026).

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